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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 04:11 PM Original message |
Apple's Chinese workers treated 'inhumanely, like machines' |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. No need to beat up Apple -- it's a pretty safe assumption that anything that has the "Made in China" |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I think the point is part that apple has 'fans' for their products and that while yes |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. It's more because of how Apple positions itself in the market. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. I can see that. I feel that the danger with these types of stories is that when one brand name is |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. I'm sure someone will show how Dell or Microsoft or HP, or any PC maker, has country club factories |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. No surprise here n/t |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Isn't that the point of Chinese factories? |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Outsourcing the practice of slavery still seems like practicing slavery to me. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. in other words, |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yep, exactly, the capitalistic dream. Some win and many lose and suffer by design. n/t |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. it isn't the capitalistic dream |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yep, it is, isn't it! Thanks! n/t |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Exactly the factory model the republicans want to bring to the US. Slave labor and |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. who was it that sent American manufacturing to China again? |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yeah! The model's been refined in China, now if they can gut labor here they |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. the formation of an honest and useful opinion requires consideration of all the facts |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. What does NAFTA have to do with China? |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. You don't see any similarity? no underlying theme? seriously? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. You mentioned NAFTA specifically and tied it to China, so I'm not |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. you'll notice I also mentioned extending permanent MFN status to China |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. To me that's a separate issue, that's what I'm talking about. |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Both issues relate to the posted topic. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Again one size does not fit all, |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. You're making silly little distinctions in order to get this argument on ground that U can defend. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. NAFTA is easy to defend if you just try, as I mentioned before the world was changing regardless and |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I voted for Perot. Thatw as my first election. He was right then. He is even more right now. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. As I mentioned Perot had his own private free trade zone in Texas, he had a major |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. right, and the rest of us would still have jobs, homes, and medicare. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Insane and suicidal trade polices have wrecked the lives of millions of American workers, |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. You're quite right! I was thinking that while away from the PC, that Bill Clinton had |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. But they make you hip like Justin Long! |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. K&R. |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. An anti-suicide pledge?!?!?! |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. they're pretty common nt |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Ok, so that makes it less nonsensical, somehow? |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. Absolutely not nt |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-11 06:18 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Right. Just checking... n/t |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. Foxconn makes products for Dell, HP, Microsoft, and several other companies |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Well stated |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Please don't drag facts in here |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. You win this thread. Well played. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-11 05:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
48. They're not being given a pass. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
34. Apple? Everybody uses Foxconn. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Because everyone knows HP is a bunch of worthless sluts... |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. They got rid of her a few years ago... |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Because Hon Hai Precision's largest contract is with... |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. See #22 and #34 immediately above |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
40. It's simple, raise the prices and bring the jobs home to America |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. The only reason they ever say "Apple's Chinese workers"... |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Yep, a lot of "Custom PCs" use Foxconn boards. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-11 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
50. Arise! All who those who don't want to be slaves! |
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